Grindhouse Institute

They Live (1988)

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On this Midnight Movie, Jeremy and Brian celebrate the 100th episode by putting on some glasses, running out of bubblegum and kicking some Yuppie ass.

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Detour (1945), Pickup on South Street (1953), & Red Rock West (1993)

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In this film block, Alex Vlahov, the curator of OnlyFilmNoir, thumbs ride out west with Jeremy and Brian to look for work, but what they find is murder, femme fatales and commie MacGuffins.

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Medium Cool (1969), Hearts and Minds (1974), & The Second Gun (1973)

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In this film block, Jeremy and Brian band together like The Lone Gunmen to explore a mix of (mostly) documentary films that are eerily similar to the events of the present, such as the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the sitting democratic president deciding late in the game, not to seek reelection, a horrifying war on the other side of the globe, funded and fueled by the US, that was impetuous for a lot of protest, an RFK running for president until a crazed kid took a shot at his right ear. Such a different time. It’s hard to imagine anything like that happening today.

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A Lie Too Big to Fail: The Real History of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy by Lisa Pease

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JFK (1991)

Executive Action

Suddenly

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Star Wars

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Return of the Jedi

Spaceballs

Alligator

Jackie Brown

Soylent Green

The Dark Knight

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Easy Rider (1969)

Dumb and Dumber

The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), Cyborg (1989), & Dollman (1991)

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In this film block, Chris Michael cocks his triple bladed sword and takes Jeremy and Brian on a swashbuckling journey through the high-concept, low-budget films of Albert Pyun.

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Solaris (1972), Ikarie XB1 (1963), & Inquest of Pilot Pirx (1979)

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In this film block, Adam Feuerberg beams up Jeremy and Brian to the starship Soviet to boldly go where no capitalists have gone before. These grindhoustranuts will encounter life forms the human mind can barely comprehend, space madness and Kobayashi Maru scenarios, all sourced from the stories of Polish sci-fi author, Stanisław Lem, who’s work inspired countless filmmakers, including Gene Roddenberry’s creation of Star Trek.

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Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), & Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

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In this film block, Jeremy and Brian suit up in kinky leather, spike up our mohawks, rev up the V8 engine and light out for the wasteland in search of vengeance, gasoline and a town powered by pig shit.

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Memento (2000), Insomnia (2002), & Following (1998)

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In this film block, Andy Buigues joins Jeremy and Brian to explore the early films of Christopher Nolan and how he built his career on a foundation of film noir.

Listen to Ep 27 - Inspiring Inception

Mission: Impossible (1996), Ronin (1998), & Sneakers (1992)

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In this film block, Joanna Bush, recruits Jeremy and Brian to crawl through the HVAC system to steal a MacGuffin and make a high-speed getaway featuring some spectacular driving because hey, the Cold War is over and what else are spies supposed to do?

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No One Will Save You (2023)

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In this Midnight Movie, Matt Landsman, the curator of Matt’s Mortuary and film programmer at Be Kind Video, beams Jeremy and Brian to the mothership to save them with Arthur Murray dance steps. If you haven’t seen No One Will Save You, go watch it and come back. The movie is spoiled from top to bottom.

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